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By "here" I mean all of the Fediverse, but more specifically sh.itjust.works; I don't want to cause any bad vibes in my new home instance.

I don't NORMALLY post, and I'm limiting my access to Reddit in favor of Lemmy, but if stealing from the rich is acceptable, I'm happy to occasionally Robin Hood content over; I just prefer my theft to be within prevailing ethical guidelines.

Thanks!

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[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 31 points 2 years ago

After all that work they did to screenshot Twitter?

Its not reddits belongings, just take it, the users don't care either. But, do never link reddit, not everyone has that shithole of a website on their block list.

[–] hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't care. If there's something important happening I'd like to know about it, and my reddit app is broken so you'd be doing me a favor. If it's a bot doing it, then nah.

[–] ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not a bot; just a curious lurker who might get a slight thrill out of filching from reddit for the betterment of Lemmy.

[–] Hagarashi8@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Then go ahead and steal some memes. Just never link reddit. Never.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

Lemmy as a whole is at a growth at any cost period, if you can make a community more active, then go for it.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't know if it was on reddit. I don't think it belongs to them anyway.

[–] cyu@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember when Digg and Reddit were equally competitive. People were taking stuff from one site and putting it on the other all the time (until Digg eventually died). I imagine it will soon be the case here.

At this point someone could make a lemmy community that just has a bot post the top of reddit. They don't own the information users are generating.

[–] Slacking@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think it's fine, even more so if you name who the original author is. I already created two clone subs and I plan on boosting them with a lot of stolen content from a bit everywhere until people join, if they do.

That being said, I'm new.

[–] iraq_lobster@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

i guess i ll start taking screenshots too of my favourite subs.

[–] qwamqwamqwam@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

There are bots that scrape content off of reddit and repost it here, so as far as actual consequences go I doubt there are any. Personally, I try to keep all of my content original, but then again I like the original places I'm trying to rebuild over here so YMMV.

[–] darknyght00@vlemmy.net 11 points 2 years ago

Doit.jpg and also justdoit.gif

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

ideally, you wouldnt have to do it - but some communities have next to no content. I suppose, provide credit where credit is due, etc.

Fuckin' do it

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

I encourage it as long as you're not claiming to be the original poster.

[–] Leer10@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

I'd rather see it because I'm trying to use reddit less, so it'd be nice if cross posters shared some good ass content

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

The majority of stuff on reddit is "stolen" in the first place.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 years ago
[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 5 points 2 years ago

I do attribution and link back via libreddit to the source.

[–] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just posted this same question here: https://yiffit.net/post/248094

You might find the comments useful.

[–] ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I did see that, and found the responses very helpful. I think it's a great idea to bring over useful information that might be found on reddit.

But I was thinking more mindless stuff; like cat videos or the office memes. It's hard to tell what's original and what's not with stuff like that.

[–] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

If you are manually copying something over, I put the text in > quotation and link to the original, replacing the reddit.com part of the link with libreddit.hu

I just quote the source just like any other website, etc.

[–] debugger@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The internet is basically just five websites where each one shows screenshots of the other four anyways.

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